Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories

by James Thomas, Denise Thomas (Editor), Tom Hazuka (Editor)

Flash Very Short Stories

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

This tells me that I really need to read more short story collections. I enjoyed it very much.

Not the kind of collection that you can read in one sitting though.

This was a 3.5 stars for me. I liked it and then some.

[Jennifer Worrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was pushing flash fiction on my husband the other day and told him I'd look through this book and put a post-it on my favorites. Turns out I would have run out of post-its.

This is a great collection for beginning writers and teachers of writing. All the elements of fiction writing are here like examples. Sexual Tension with humor? Read True Love. Dialogue rich with subtext? Blackberries. The Appalachian Trail. How to incite fear, nervousness, a sense of dread in your reader? The Cage. Love, without being clichéd? Burlington Northern, Southbound. Strong imagery? Brilliant Silence (also oddly eerie and creepy), and From the Floodlands. Lyricism? The Parents. And for pure cleverness and humor, Continuity of Parks. I Get Smart. This is a great set of stories.